Canada women's national soccer team

Canada

Association	Canadian Soccer Association
Sub-confederation	NAFU (North America)
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)
Head coach	John Herdman
Captain	Christine Sinclair
Most caps	Christine Sinclair (230)
Top scorer	Christine Sinclair (158)
FIFA code	CAN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	11 (December 18, 2015)
Highest	6 (March 2011)
Lowest	13 (December 2005)
First international
United States 2–0 Canada (Blaine, United States; July 7, 1986)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1995)
Best result	4th place (2003)
CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers
Appearances	6 (First in 1991)
Best result	Winners (1998, 2010)
Medal record Summer Olympics 2012 London Team Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team

The Canada women's national soccer team represents Canada in international women's soccer and is directed by the Canadian Soccer Association.

The team reached international prominence at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, losing in the third place match to the United States. Canada qualified for its first Olympic women's soccer tournament in 2008, making it to the quarterfinals. Canada are two-time CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup champions, and Olympic bronze medalists from London 2012 where they defeated France 1–0 in Coventry, England.

Canadian women's soccer fans are also closely linked to the U-20 team (U-19 prior to 2006), partly due to Canada hosting the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in 2002 and winning silver in front of 47,784 fans at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta. Canada hosted the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by England. Canada set the tournament and team record for attendance in the process, with 1,353,506 and 54,027 respectively.

Record

World Cup

Year	Result	Rank	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Group stage	10/12	3	0	1	2	5	13
1999	Group stage	12/16	3	0	1	2	3	12
2003	Fourth place	4/16	6	3	0	3	10	10
2007	Group stage	9/16	3	1	1	1	7	4
2011	Group stage	16/16	3	0	0	3	1	7
2015	Quarterfinals	6/24	5	2	2	1	4	3
Total	7/7		22	6	5	12	39	48

Olympic Games

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2008	Eighth place	4	1	1	2	7	6
2012	Third Place	6	3	1	2	12	8
Total	2/5	10	4	2	4	19	14

CONCACAF Championship

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA
1991	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	23	5
1994	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	18	6
1998	Champions	5	5	0	0	42	0
2002	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	25	3
2006	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	5	2
2010	Champions	5	5	0	0	17	0
2014	Did not participate

Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	Coach
2010	Champions	4	3	1	0	8	2	Carolina Morace
2013	Third Place	4	2	1	1	3	1	John Herdman
2015	Runners-up	4	2	0	2	9	5	John Herdman
Total	3/7	12	7	2	3	20	8

Pan-American Games

• 1999 – Fourth place
• 2003 – Silver medal
• 2007 – Bronze medal
• 2011 – Gold medal
• 2015 - Fourth Place

Cyprus Cup

• 2008 Cyprus Cup Champions
• 2009 Cyprus Cup Runners-up
• 2010 Cyprus Cup Champions
• 2011 Cyprus Cup Champions
• 2012 Cyprus Cup Runners-up
• 2013 Cyprus Cup Runners-up
• 2014 Cyprus Cup Fifth place
• 2015 Cyprus Cup Runners-up

Algarve Cup

• 2000 Algarve Cup Fifth place
• 2001 Algarve Cup Fourth place
• 2002 Algarve Cup Eight place
• 2003 Algarve Cup Seventh place

Four Nations Tournament

• 2004 Four Nations Tournament Fourth place
• 2008 Four Nations Tournament Third place
• 2011 Four Nations Tournament Runners-up
• 2013 Four Nations Tournament Runners-up
• 2015 Four Nations Tournament Champions

Recent schedule and results

Scotland v Canada

March 4, 2015 Cyprus Cup	Scotland	0–2	Canada	Nicosia, Cyprus
17:30 EET		Report	Fleming  3' Sinclair  54'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 100

Canada v South Korea

March 6, 2015 Cyprus Cup	Canada	1–0	South Korea	Larnaka, Cyprus
14:30 EET	Sinclair  46'	Report		Stadium: GSZ Stadium Attendance: 30

Italy v Canada

March 9, 2015 Cyprus Cup	Italy	0–1	Canada	Nicosia, Cyprus
14:30 EET		Report	Chapman  51'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 30

Canada v England

March 11, 2015 Cyprus Cup	Canada	0–1	England	Larnaca, Cyprus
18:30 EET		Report	Sanderson  67'	Stadium: GSZ Stadium Attendance: 100

France v Canada

April 9, 2015 Friendly	France	1–0	Canada	Bondoufle, France
18:30 CET	Le Sommer  34'	Report		Stadium: Stade Robert Bobin Attendance: 11,441

Canada v England

May 29, 2015 Friendly	Canada	1–0	England	Hamilton, Ontario
19:00 EST	Schmidt  23'	Report		Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 21,983

Canada v China PR

June 6, 2015 World Cup: Group A	Canada	1–0	China PR	Edmonton, Alberta
18:30 MST	Sinclair  90+2' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 53,058 Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

Canada v New Zealand

June 11, 2015 World Cup: Group A	Canada	0–0	New Zealand	Edmonton, Alberta
18:30 MST		Report		Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 35,544 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

Netherlands v Canada

June 15, 2015 World Cup: Group A	Netherlands	1–1	Canada	Montreal, Quebec
19:30 EST	van de Ven  87'	Report	Lawrence  10'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 45,420 Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

Switzerland v Canada

June 21, 2015 WC Round of 16	Switzerland	0–1	Canada	Vancouver, British Columbia
19:30 EST		Report	Bélanger  52'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 53,855 Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

England v Canada

June 27, 2015 WC Quarter-final	England	2–1	Canada	Vancouver, British Columbia
16:30 PDT (UTC−7)	Taylor  11' Bronze  14'	Report	Sinclair  42'	Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 54,027 Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)

Ecuador v Canada

July 11, 2015 Pan Am Games	Ecuador	2–5	Canada	Hamilton, Ontario
21:00 EDT (UTC−3)	Moreira  29'  90'	Report	Beckie  12'  77' Zadorsky  44'  48' Fletcher  79'	Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Alondra Arellano (Mexico)

Costa Rica v Canada

July 15, 2015 Pan Am Games	Costa Rica	2–0	Canada	Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 EDT (UTC−3)	Cruz  60' K. Villalobos  74'	Report		Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)

Brazil v Canada

July 19, 2015 Pan Am Games	Brazil	2–0	Canada	Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 EDT (UTC−3)	Andressa  55' Cristiane  87'	Report		Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (USA)

Colombia v Canada

July 22, 2015 Pan Am Games Semifinal	Colombia	1–0	Canada	Hamilton, Ontario
20:35 EDT (UTC−3)	Ospina  29'	Report		Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Mirian Leon (El Salvador)

Mexico v Canada

July 24, 2015 Pan Am Games 3rd-place	Mexico	2–1	Canada	Hamilton, Ontario
20:35 EDT (UTC−3)	Ocampo  29' Mayor  37'	Report	Fleming  88'	Stadium: Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva (USA)

Canada v Mexico

December 9, 2015 Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino	Canada	3–0	Mexico	Natal, Brazil
18:45 BRT	Sinclair  15'  19' Prince  45+1'	Report		Stadium: Arena das Dunas

Trinidad and Tobago v Canada

December 13, 2015 Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino	Trinidad and Tobago	0–4	Canada	Natal, Brazil
18:30 BRT		[1]	Matheson  10' Quinn  46' Prince  81' Sinclair  85'	Stadium: Arena das Dunas Attendance: 6,791

Brazil v Canada

December 16, 2015 Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino	Brazil	2–1	Canada	Natal, Brazil
20:45 BRT	Alves  12' Débinha  40'	Report	Bélanger  42'	Stadium: Arena das Dunas

Brazil v Canada

December 20, 2015 Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino	Brazil	3–1	Canada	Arena das Dunas
18:30	Andressa Alves  47' Mônica  63', 81'	Report	Beckie  46'

Canada v Guyana

February 11, 2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Group B	Canada	v	Guyana	BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston
19:30		Report

Trinidad and Tobago v Canada

Canada v Guatemala

Players

Current squad

Coach John Herdman announced his 23-player squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup on April 27, 2015.

Caps and goals through December 20, 2015 match against Brazil.

Head coach: John Herdman

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Erin McLeod (1983-02-26) February 26, 1983 112 0 Houston Dash 23 1GK Karina LeBlanc (1980-03-30) March 30, 1980 110 0 Chicago Red Stars 21 1GK Stephanie Labbé (1986-10-10) October 10, 1986 27 0 KIF Örebro DFF 2 2DF Emily Zurrer (1987-07-12) July 12, 1987 82 3 Jitex BK 3 2DF Kadeisha Buchanan (1995-11-05) November 5, 1995 48 2 West Virginia 4 2DF Carmelina Moscato (1984-05-02) May 2, 1984 94 2 Western Sydney Wanderers 5 2DF Robyn Gayle (1985-10-31) October 31, 1985 81 2 Washington Spirit 7 2DF Rhian Wilkinson (1982-05-12) May 12, 1982 168 7 Portland Thorns 10 2DF Lauren Sesselmann (1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 46 1 Houston Dash 15 2DF Allysha Chapman (1989-01-25) January 25, 1989 21 1 Houston Dash 20 2DF Marie-Ève Nault (1982-02-16) February 16, 1982 70 1 KIF Örebro DFF 6 3MF Kaylyn Kyle (1988-10-06) October 6, 1988 101 6 Orlando Pride 8 3MF Diana Matheson (1984-04-06) April 6, 1984 171 16 Washington Spirit 11 3MF Desiree Scott (1987-07-31) July 31, 1987 99 0 Notts County 13 3MF Sophie Schmidt (1988-06-28) June 28, 1988 137 16 1. FFC Frankfurt 17 3MF Jessie Fleming (1998-03-11) March 11, 1998 26 2 Nor'West SC 18 3MF Selenia Iacchelli (1986-06-05) June 5, 1986 4 0 Unattached 22 3MF Ashley Lawrence (1995-06-11) June 11, 1995 30 1 West Virginia 9 4FW Josée Bélanger (1986-05-14) May 14, 1986 39 7 FC Rosengård 12 4FW Christine Sinclair (c) (1983-06-12) June 12, 1983 232 158 Portland Thorns 14 4FW Melissa Tancredi (1981-12-27) December 27, 1981 109 22 Chicago Red Stars 16 4FW Jonelle Filigno (1990-09-24) September 24, 1990 71 11 Sky Blue 19 4FW Adriana Leon (1992-10-02) October 2, 1992 38 5 Chicago Red Stars

Recent call-ups

The following players have earned at least one cap in 2015. Stats are accurate through December 20 game against Brazil.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 18 1GK Kailen Sheridan (1995-07-16) July 16, 1995 1 0 Clemson University 2 2DF Victoria Pickett (1996-08-12) August 12, 1996 2 0 Glen Shields SC 4 2DF Shelina Zadorsky (1992-08-24) August 24, 1992 9 2 Vittsjo 5 2DF Kinley McNicoll (1994-04-17) April 17, 1994 4 0 University of Wisconsin 6 2DF Rebecca Quinn (1995-08-11) August 11, 1995 17 1 Duke University 16 2DF Chelsea Stewart (1990-04-28) April 28, 1990 48 0 Western New York Flash 2DF Kennedy Faulknor (1996-06-30) June 30, 1996 4 0 Unionville-Milliken SC 7 3MF Danica Wu (1992-08-13) August 13, 1992 5 0 Herforder SV 8 3MF Emma Fletcher (1995-02-04) February 4, 1995 4 1 Cal Berkeley 13 3MF Sarah Kinzner (1997-08-28) August 28, 1997 4 0 Foothills United 3MF Deanne Rose 3 0 Scarborough GS United 11 4FW Janine Beckie (1994-08-20) August 20, 1994 14 4 Texas Tech 12 4FW Nkem Ezurike (1992-03-19) March 19, 1992 8 0 Boston Breakers 14 4FW Gabrielle Carle (1998-08-12) August 12, 1998 7 0 Dynamo de Quebec 15 4FW Marie Lavasseur (1997-05-18) May 18, 1997 6 0 Dynamo de Quebec 9 4FW Sarah Stratikagis (1999-03-07) March 7, 1999 3 0 Woodbridge SC 19 4FW Nichelle Prince (1995-02-19) February 19, 1995 7 3 Ohio State

Top goalscorers

bold players are still active

Rank	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Christine Sinclair	2000–	232	158
2	Charmaine Hooper	1986–2004	129	71
3	Silvana Burtini	1987–2003	77	38
4	Kara Lang	2002–2010	92	34
5	Andrea Neil	1991–2007	132	24
6	Melissa Tancredi	2004–	109	22
7	Sophie Schmidt	2005–	137	16
	Diana Matheson	2003–	171	16
9	Christine Latham	2000–2006	49	15
10	Randee Hermus	2000–2009	113	12

Top 10 most-capped Rank Name Career Caps Goals Assists 1 Christine Sinclair 2000- 232 158 39 2 Diana Matheson 2003- 171 16 20 3 Rhian Wilkinson 2003- 168 7 22 4 Sophie Schmidt 2005- 137 16 9 5 Brittany Baxter 2002-2014 132 5 7 5 Andrea Neil 1991-2007 132 23 3 7 Charmaine Hooper 1986-2006 128 71 6 8 Candace Chapman 2002-2012 114 6 6 9 Randee Hermus 1999-2008 113 12 3 10 Erin McLeod 2002- 112 0 0

Most clean sheets (five or more) Rank Name Career Caps Cleansheets 1 Karina LeBlanc 1998-2015 110 47 2 Erin McLeod 2002- 111 40 3 Nicci Wright 1996-2002 37 11 4 Stephanie Labbe 2008- 21 9 5 Carla Chin 1987-1995 22 8 6 Wendy Hawthorne 1990-1995 12 6 7 Tanya Swiatek 1986-2006 24 5

Former coaches

• Neil Turnbull, 1986–1991 and 1996–1999 (including one FIFA Women's World Cup)
• Sylvie Béliveau, 1993–1995 (including one FIFA Women's World Cup)
• Ian Bridge, two matches in 2007 (with Even Pellerud at one FIFA Women's World Cup)
• Even Pellerud, 2000–2008 (including two FIFA Women's World Cups)
• Carolina Morace, 2009–2011 (including one FIFA Women's World Cup)

All-time record against other nations

As of Dec 20, 2015

Team	W	D	L	Pts
Mexico	19	2	2	59
Netherlands	8	3	0	27
Costa Rica	8	0	1	24
China PR	6	5	13	23
Italy	7	1	3	22
New Zealand	6	4	1	22
Trinidad and Tobago	7	0	0	21
Jamaica	6	0	0	18
South Korea	6	0	1	18
Scotland	6	0	1	18
Australia	5	3	7	18
Brazil	4	6	7	18
Switzerland	5	1	0	16
England	5	0	7	15
France	4	3	4	15
Sweden	4	3	11	15
United States	3	6	46	15
Argentina	4	0	0	12
Russia	4	0	1	12
Japan	3	3	5	12
Finland	3	1	1	10
Haiti	3	0	0	9
Guatemala	2	0	0	6
South Africa	2	0	0	6
Ecuador	2	0	0	6
Denmark	2	0	2	6
Colombia	2	0	1	6
Ghana	1	1	0	4
Hungary	1	0	0	3
Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	3
Ivory Coast	1	0	0	3
Uruguay	1	0	0	3
Greece	1	0	0	3
Hong Kong	1	0	0	3
Martinique	1	0	0	3
Panama	1	0	0	3
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	3
Wales	1	0	0	3
Singapore	1	0	0	3
Poland	1	0	0	3
Guyana	1	0	0	3
North Korea	1	0	0	3
Cuba	1	0	0	3
Great Britain	1	0	0	3
Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	3
Portugal	1	0	1	3
Morocco	1	0	1	3
Norway	0	3	8	3
Nigeria	0	1	1	1
Chile	0	0	1	0
Germany	0	0	12	0

See also

• Canada women's national under-17 soccer team
• Canada women's national under-20 soccer team
• National Women's Soccer League
• Soccer in Canada

External links

• FIFA profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by 1994 United States	CONCACAF Champions 1998 (First title)	Succeeded by 2002 United States
Preceded by 2006 United States	CONCACAF Champions 2010 (Second title)	Succeeded by 2014 United States